Percy Escapes Mortar Attack During Dak Son Visit
Sen. Charles Percy his wife and seven Americans escaped injury when Viet Cong mortars and small arms fired near the Dak Son village in Vietnam. The group took cover and returned to Saigon after a helicopter evacuation. Percy recounted the incident and praised Dennis Smith for guiding them to safety.
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Saigon
Charles Percy
Dak Son
Percy
Dak- Son
Cort
Mrs. Percy
Dennis Smith
U. S
Song Be
Smith
Scott Cohen
Fred Ward
Look Magazine
Kenneth Schmid
Chicago
Scott
Dennis
Springfield college governance split among Illinois groups
Citizens Advisory Committee backs University of Illinois governance of a Springfield senior college while favoring Board of Governors supervision for a Chicago area school. Votes 6 to 4 and 9 to 1 respectively, with hearings and meetings set for December and January under the Illinois Board of Higher Education.
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Chicago
Citizens Advisory Committee
University of Illinois
Springfield
Board of Governors
Springfield College
Illinois Board of Higher Education
Board of Regents
Chicago Area College
Presidents
Higher Education Board
Vern Nickell
Ence
Hugh Howard
Capital-Area
David Dodds Henry
Robert MacVicar
Southern Illinois University
SIU
Wildcat walkout of 600 miners at Old Ben Coal mines
About 600 workers walked out at three Old Ben Coal Corp mines in a Friday to Monday action near West Frankfort Lesser and Benton. United Mine Workers official Chester Gossett cites seniority dispute as cause and notes no comment on settlement prospects.
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Old Ben Coal Corp
West Frankfort
Lesser
Old Ben 24
Benton
Chester Gossett
District 12
United Mine Workers of America
Gossett
Debate Over Local Control in Model Cities Plans Emerges
A national tour by federal officials studying the model cities program raises a key issue: will local decisions rest with city hall or residents of the target slums. In Richmond and Oakland, officials warn delays threaten action while residents and leaders clash over planning grants and neighborhood representation.
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New York Time
Richmond
Calif
City Hall
Edwin P. Stephenson
Stephenson
Southern Pacific Co
Congress
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Two more children die in Colorado liver transplant study
In Denver, two-year-old Paula Kay Hansen died at the University of Colorado Medical Center, reducing the group of surviving liver transplant patients to three. The death follows the recent loss of 1-year-old Carol Lynne MacCourt, part of the same transplant group.
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Denver
Colo
Paula Kay Hansen
University of Colorado Medical Center
Carol Lynne MacCourt
Paula Kay
Carol
Paula
Bong Son battle ends with heavy Viet Cong losses
U S forces say 471 Viet Cong and North Vietnamese regulars were killed in a six day fight along the Bong Son coastal plain near Saigon. Allied deaths totaled 33 Americans and 30 Vietnamese, with 147 U.S. and 71 Vietnamese wounded.
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Saigon
U. S
Bong Son
U. S. 1St Air Cavalry Division
Truong Lam
25Th Infantry Division
25Th Division
Senate approves record federal aid to education bill
The Senate passed a 14.2 billion aid to education measure 71 to 7 sending it to a House conference. The bill extends authorizations under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for three years and includes Title I funding for low income students and an expanded impacted areas program. Gardner pledged advance notices on compliance with the Civil Rights Act and a hearing if noncompliance is alleged.
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Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Gardner
Morse
House Passes $4.1 Billion Budget Cut and Pay Hikes
The House approved a $4.1 billion spending cut for this fiscal year by a 366 to 26 vote and sent the measure to the Senate. In a separate action the House backed a pay bill with a 326 to 62 vote to raise federal workers salaries by 6 percent for postal workers and 4.5 percent for others, with future increases and a $2.7 billion annual cost. The bill also envisions higher postal rates and could influence tax policy discussions.
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Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Golden Triangle will define Southern Illinois tourism future
Engineer John Cameron predicts Southern Illinois south of I 70 and between the Mississippi Ohio and Wabash rivers will become the Golden Triangle a major U S tourism recreation area within five decades. He spoke at Carbondale to planners outlining federal state and local cooperation and warned planners to maintain control to preserve concepts as projects advance. Neil Thurmond noted counties may again be Illinois strongest government units.
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Roger Hughes
Southern Illinois
U. S. Army Corps of Engineers
John Cameron
St. Louis Corps District
Golden Triangle
Mississippi, Ohio
Wabash Rivers
Southern
Illinois
United States
Kaskaskia
Big Muddy
Cameron
Carbondale
Central Illinois
American Institute of Planners
K. Neil Thurmond
Johnston City
Thurmond
Antipoverty bill authorizes record OEO funding
Sargent Shriver would oversee a $4.16 billion two year authorization for the Office of Economic Opportunity, the largest sum ever for the agency and the first extended multi year program. A House subcommittee proposed trimming the first year to $1.612 billion from $1.98 billion, with $2.18 billion authorized for 1969. The bill also includes local control over Community Action programs.
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Washington
Sargent Shriver
Congressional
White House
Office of Economic Opportunity
Shriver
Congress
House
Appropriations Committee
OEO
Military Pay Boost Clears Congress
A three stage pay raise for the nations 3.5 million servicemen cleared Congress today. It carries an annual price tag of 2.7 billion in 1969. The final action came by voice vote when the House accepted a compromise bill and sent it to the White House. The Senate passed the measure last Friday after the conference agreement. The first year increase was retroactive to Oct 1 with further raises in 1968 and 1969 based on expected civilian worker increases.
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Washington
Senate
House
John W. Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Johnson
Congress
White House
Laws urged to penalize Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael returned to the United States as lawmakers push for criminal penalties for U.S. citizens traveling to forbidden countries. Officials seized his revoked passport at Kennedy Airport, while Congress considers up to one year in prison and 1000 dollars in fines for unauthorized travel to Cuba and North Vietnam. Senators and Rep. Emanuel Celler urge action citing threats to national policy and perceived treasonous statements. Carmichael's arrival drew cheering supporters and U.S. marshals amid tensions over passport laws and foreign travel restrictions.
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Black Power
Stokely Carmichael
United States
Congress
U.S
Carmichael
Cuba
North Vietnam
Kennedy Airport
Joseph P. Hoey
Brooklyn
State Department
Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
Emanuel Celler
D-N-Y
House Judiciary Committee
Vietnam
Celler
Supreme Court
Katzenbach
Hanoi
Sens
Herman E. Talmadge
D-Ga
Frank E. Moss
Utah
Charles Kenyatta
Harlem
YMCA
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
AMC to Build Electric Car In Joint Venture
American Motors and Galton Industries of Metuchen New Jersey announced a joint project to produce an arrowhead shaped electric car. The prototype called Amitron will use a long life Gulton lithium battery system and aims for 50 mph and 150 mile range. Road testing in about a year was stated by Roy D. Chapin Jr. No price was disclosed.
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Detroit
American Motors
Galton Industries
Metuchen
N.J
Roy D. Chapin Jr
Rain and Cloudy Forecast With Rain or Snow Likely
Weather forecast notes increasing cloudiness with rain or snow developing late tonight or Wednesday. Low temperatures in the 30s tonight and highs in the mid to upper 30s on Wednesday.
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Alameda
U of
Oakland
Mike Mansfield
The
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